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SHANGLIU TATLER LOOKING BACK Traditional handicraft, forgotten artisanship, as well as heritage arts and customs take the spotlight this month. Cover star Zhu Zheqin, the founder of Kanjian, a social enterprise and design brand inspired by traditional Chinese craftsmanship, leads the way, sharing her ideas about original Chinese creativity, away from mass production and stereotypes. TAIWAN TATLER GLAMOROUS PEOPLE November is the Men’s Issue, packed with fashion, profiles and features. Among them are Hsin-Chien Huang, a new media creator with backgrounds in art, design, engineering as well as digital entertainment and Yang Ya-che, a Taiwanese film and television director, among others. Both men have received numerous accolades in their fields. PHILIPPINE TATLER A VISIONARY TALE FASHION AND LIFESTYLE brand Bench can largely credit its dynamic creator Ben Chan for 30…
VIDEO FEATURES 28th Anniversary Special We stroll down memory lane, recounting milestones and lifelong friendships forged through iconic cover shoots with inspiring personalities—as cover stars like Tan Sri Francis Yeoh, Datin Dian Lee and sisters, and Tasha Fusil reminisce their Tatler debut. Dancing Queen For almost 20 years now, we’ve been in awe of Shirena Hamzah and her journey with Dancesteps Studio, from young dancer to inspiring mumpreneur. We dropped by her new space, and were pleasantly wooed by her twirling young students. DINING Speaking in Emoji MasterChef Australia 2017 winner Diana Chan sharpened her emoji vocabulary for a playful dialogue confined to social media ideograms, that best revealed her calm demeanour and go-to food emoticons. Feeding a Crowd We go kitchen confidential with Shangri-La Hotel Kuala Lumpur’s culinary team…
AS PER OUR TAGLINE, Tatler is about celebrating life extraordinary. It’s not to say that the people featured have superhuman abilities the likes of DC and Marvel heroes—they are fictional characters after all, created to give people a role model that embodies perfection and everything we wish we could be—but, superpowers aside, we are also intrigued by these heroes’ personal struggles and how they rise above it in the call of duty. Superman’s enormous sense of responsibility for humankind weighs heavily on him as he struggles to find out where he fits in, on Earth or his native planet Krypton. Or what about Daredevil as he struggles to reconcile his feelings for Elektra, even though he knows he has to deal with her later? If you think about it, these…
“Oh, life was much simpler for me then. Now I am one of those women with a long to-do list to check off for work, family and my personal life” MALAYSIA TATLER NOVEMBER 2017 PHOTOGRAPHY AARON LEE STYLIST ANDREA KEE HAIR & MAKEUP SHAUN YAP AND LINDA SCHOLER JEWELLERY PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER NECKLACE AND EARRINGS IN WHITE GOLD, EMERALDS, DIAMONDS AND ONYX OUTFIT DRESS BY LOUIS VUITTON A CALL TIME OF 7 AM did not faze Nadia Nasimuddin at all; in fact, she showed up fresh faced and ready, on time for the shoot. She cheerfully informed us that she had blocked out the entire Friday for us, as our glam squad, Shaun Yap and Linda Scholer, worked on her first look of the day in Gucci. Despite the ferocity…
KIM MUN This KL-based photographer flaunts his skills and abilities in the Lancome and Shiseido advertorials in this issue What always makes you laugh? A funny joke, when it is told well enough. What’s your biggest fear? For some reason, caterpillars freak me out quite a bit. If you could choose a super power, what would it be? I would definitely love to time travel, so I could relive the best moments of my life. What’s your happiest memory? I recall being extremely happy when my niece was born. SHERIN WONG This yogi shares her journey towards a balanced future and the path towards finding herself in our Expressions column What is the one item you can’t live without? My yoga mat! What is your guilty pleasure? Definitely champagne! What…
PUT ON your sunniest shoes, the most dazzling of dresses and smartest of suits, and we’ll see you at the grand ballroom of Shangri-La Hotel KL on November 4. As Malaysia Tatler turns 28 this year, one can expect a bit more glamour, fun and festivity than before. Apart from having the crème de la crème of society and its influential members convene in one magnificent space, this black-tie affair will also see the unveiling of the recipients of Malaysia Tatler’s most coveted awards, namely the ‘Diamond of Excellence’, ‘Entrepreneur Par Excellence’, ‘Woman on the Rise’, ‘Force for Good’ and ‘Couple of the Year’. As the excitement for our annual ball boils over, there are plenty of activities and entertainment planned for all our guests that evening, courtesy of our…
